Vinyl's Band

by RainbowSkunk

Rating: everyone
Tags: Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Octavia, Comedy, Random, Derpy Hooves, Slice of Life, DJ P0N-3, Lyra
Length: 1616

Vinyl assembles a band to win a contest to go to her favorite band in concert.

Vinyl Scratch wants to win tickets for her favorite band in concert, but she needs a band. Join Vinyl and her band as they enter the battle of the bands to win!

Published 2014-04-06 17:20:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-04-06 17:20:04 UTC

Chapter 1

Vinyl was at home in the living room. She was watching tv and flipping through the channels. She then stopped at a comercial. It said, "Are you a fan of Rock the Horse? Well, next week the members of the band will be holding a contest! The winnners get tickets to their concert in Ponyville, and will be able to meet the members! Will you win?"

Vinyl's jaw dropped. "Rock the Horse is going to be in Ponyville?!" she asked herself. "I have to win that contest."

She went to sign up. "Let's see, WHAT!?" Vinyl yelled. "BANDS ONLY?!" Vinyl walked home, upset.

Vinyl sat in her chair in the living room. Her friend, Octavia, noticed something was wrong.

"Vinyl," she asked. "are you ok?"

"No." Vinyl answered.

"Why are you so upset?" Octavia asked.

"My favorite band, Rock the Horse is having a contest to win tickets, but I can't enter." Vinyl explained.

"Why?" Octavia asked.

"Because I don't have a band." Vinyl answered.

"Well," Octavia said, "you're going to have to make a band."

"Hey! Great idea!" Vinyl cheered.

"See. You just need to find members." Octavia explained.

"You can be the bass player!" Vinyl said.

"What?" Octavia asked, confused.

"It was your idea!" Vinyl said. "You have to be in it!"

"Vinyl, I'm not into the whole, rock n roll thing. I play classical music." Octavia explained.

"Please!" Vinyl begged. "I need you!"

Octavia sighed. "Fine."

"Yes!" Vinyl cheered. "C'mon! Let's go find other members!" Vinyl ran out the door.

"I have a feeling I'm going to regret this." Octavia said, following Vinyl.

Author's Note

The chapters to this story will be short.

Fun Fact
Everytime I spelled the Rock part in Rock the Horse, I spelled it Roch until I fixed it.

Chapter 2

"Ok, your here for a reason." Vinyl said to her band members. "That reason, is Rock the Horse."

"What's Rock the Horse?" Derpy asked.

"Rock the Horse is only the best band in Equestria!" Vinyl answered.

"Wait, I thought we were going to be the best band in Equestria?" Lyra asked.

"We're only a band so we can win a contest!" Vinyl said.

Octavia raised her hand. "Yes." Vinyl called.

"How do I play this?" Octavia asked, holding up a bass guitar.

"You take the strap, put it around your neck, and play." Vinyl explained. "Ok, let's start." Vinyl pointed at Derpy. Derpy just starred. "That's your cue!" Vinyl whisspered.

"My cue for what?" Derpy asked.

"Your cue to start playing the drums! You're the drummer!" Vinyl yelled.

"And how do I play the drums?" Derpy asked.

"You just hit the sticks in the white part." Vinyl answered. She pointed at Derpy again. Derpy played tap tap tap. "No! That's not intense enough!" Vinyl said.

"Vinyl, maybe we're not the best for this." Octavia suggested.

"No! I need you guys!" Vinyl begged.

"We'll work again tomarow." Octavia said. The others walked away.

"I'm doomed." Vinyl said. She walked inside to go to her room.

"Guys, we can't just leave her." Lyra said.

"But we can't play these instruments." Octavia said.

"We have to try." Lyra said. "Just practice, ok?"

The ponies nodded and walked home.

Chapter 3

The next day, Vinyl walked to the garage. She was surprised to see her friends all ready to go. "Ok, ok, even though I know the answer, are we ready?" she asked. The others nodded. "Really?" Vinyl asked.

"Vinyl, we were born ready." Lyra answered. Vinyl smiled.

She pointed at Derpy. Derpy played tap taap tap. Vinyl looked at her confused. "That was no different than yesterday." she said.

"No," Derpy said. "Yesterday was tap tap tap. Today, it was tap taap tap." Vinyl rolled her eyes.

"Ok, Octavia, how is your playing?" she asked.

Octavia played the bass as if it was a cello.

"No! You don't use your cello stick to play, you use your hoof." Vinyl explained.

"Oh, like an upright bass?" Octavia asked.

"No, like a guitar." said Vinyl.

"Ok. I'll try." Octavia said.

The ponies played through the song many times. They kept messing up. Derpy couldn't get the beat right, Lyra kept pressing the wrong keys on the keyboard, and Octavia was still trying to get the hang of things with the guitar.

"C'mon! One more time!" Vinyl cheered.

"Vinyl, do you think we can change the lyrics?" Octavia asked.

"What's wrong with them?" asked Vinyl.

"Well, rock us, rock us, that isn't the best lyric choice." Octavia said.

"Fine." Vinyl said. "How about just rock us?"

Octavia looked at her. "That's not much different." she explained.

"Well, what do you think?" Vinyl and Octavia started to argue. Lyra and Derpy looked at each other.

"How are we going to get anywhere if they start fighting?" Lyra asked. Derpy just shrugged. Lyra got an idea. She pressed on the highest key on her keyboard. It made a EEEEEEKKKKKKK sound.

"Ow! Jeez, what was that for?" Vinyl asked, holding her ears.

"How else could we break up the fight?" Lyra asked. "We need to start working together." Lyra walked over to Derpy. "Derpy, I need you to play on more than 1 drum, ok?" she asked.

"I can do that!" Derpy cheered.

"Good." Lyra said. She walked over to Octavia. "I need you to hold up the guitar and strum it." she explained.

"Got it." said Octavia.

Lyra smiled. She walked over to Vinyl. "You have to be less bossy, and change the lyrics to something we can all agree on." she explained.

"Ok?" Vinyl was confused. All of a sudden, Lyra took control and was helping out the ponies, and it worked! She seemed to be even better at being a boss than Vinyl. Vinyl shook off the thought.

"Ok, let's get started. We only have a week!" Vinyl announced. She pointed at Derpy once again.

The ponies played through the night. They worked really hard, slowly getting better. They finally stopped after all the stars were out in the dark blue sky.

"Ok, great practice today!" Vinyl smiled as she said that. The ponies nodded and walked to their home. Vinyl was so tired. She went straight to bed and fell asleep.

Chapter 4

Vinyl's band has been working very hard for the week they had to prepare. Finally, the day came. It was the day before the contest. The band had one more day of practice.

"Ok, everypony, let's work extra hard today, got it?" Vinyl announced.

"Got it." the others called.

"1 2 3 4!" Vinyl called. The band played through the song multiple times. It was getting late when they stopped.

"Vinyl, we should stop." Octavia suggested. "We need sleep for tomarow."

"Yeah, you're right." Vinyl said. "Everypony, let's get some sleep. Tomarow, meet us here."

The ponies all walked home, all exited for the next day.

The next day, they all came as planned. "Everypony got their instruments?" Vinyl double-checked. After making sure, she nodded. "Let's go." they walked to the park where the contest was. Vinyl was nervous. There were so many bands. They were all really good. "Don't worry!" Derpy said. "It's ok, we will win! We'll get to see your band!" Vinyl smiled.

"Thanks Derpy." she said. She looked at the judges. They were none other than Rock the Horse themselves! "Oh my god!" Vinyl yelled. "Look! It's Rockstar, Beatstar, and Musicstar!" she yelled.

"Calm down. You don't want to lose your cool, right?" Octavia said.

"Your right." Vinyl admitted.

Many bands played for Rock the Horse. All of them made Vinyl more worried. They all got better and better as the contest went on. Finally, it was their turn. Vinyl, Octavia, Derpy, and Lyra walked on stage. They set up the drums and keyboard.

"Ready?" Vinyl asked for the last time.

"Ready." the others said.

1 2 3 4!
Vinyl: Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

I always thought, you guys were awesome!

So I needed a band to enter, your awesome contest!
Lyra: We wanted to help her,

Since she is our friend!

We may have had some troubles,

But it was worth it!
Vinyl: Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Every night I’m thinking,

Here we go again, here we go again,
Octavia: I may not like this thing,

The cello is for me!

But for my friends Vinyl,

I’d do anything!
Derpy: I do not know the beat,

Believe me, I’ve tried!

But that does not matter,

With the friends of mine!
Vinyl: Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Every night I’m thinking,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Everypony!
Everypony: Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Every night I’m thinking,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Here we go again, here we go again,

Every night I’m thinking,

Here we go again, here we go again!

The audience cheered. Vinyl's heart thumbed. "We have chosen a winner." announced Rockstar. "The winner is, Vinyl's Band!"
Vinyl and her friends cheered.

"We got tickets!" Vinyl cheered.

"We'll see you there." Rockstar said. Him and his band started to take down the stage. Vinyl, Octavia, Lyra, and Derpy helped.

That night, Vinyl celebrated at her house. They won. They only had 1 week to do it, and they did.

Author's Note

If I could, I'd make a video of the song on youtube.